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LITTLES & BLAKESLEE.,
Attomoys and Conroenon at Law. Mew the en.
tibreWore occupied by LLB. & O. P.Litile. an Wale
wawa. brontrasa. Pa. . (Apelllo.
. CIRO. P. LitTLIII. LL. 11.411111:1111.13.
/1,, ,,, 31cP4rni. C. C. Farms, W. 11. McCmw
POKENZIE, FORM . aF. CO.
Derdere le
Dry Goods. Clothing, Ladles nod Wm,
nee Shorn the. tezents fnr the great ammieen
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose. Pa..1p.1.14
CHARLES N. STODDAIIIN
Dealer In Booty and Shota.liataand Ceps. Leather and
Plodtoga, Melo Street., ad door below Bearles noted.
Work mote loadeloe. and repairing done neatly.
Youtroso. Jan. 1.187.11.
LEWIS KNOLL,
tiIL4VIVW . AND TlAin DRESSOIRI
Blum ro Om tmw Pastog balldlag, -where be 'rill
1100 fm lo4 read/ 49 attend all be may grant anything
F lo hia ' • illootroae."Pa. Oct. 13. ISCS.
P. REYNOLDS,
ALICTIONESU—SaIIs Dry Goods. and Membanlze—also
'Arendt fit Vendnes. All orders left at my honor will
ncelve prompt attention. [Oct. 1, lBo.9—tt
• O. M. HAWLJEV,
.
'WM= in 13RY 0001P4.. GROCERIES. CROCKERY.
Hardware, Rate, Cape, Baots.Shoes,Rai. dy Made Cloth
ing; Paton, Oils, etc., Neer Milford, Pa. ISepL 8. V 9.
J DR. & NV. DAYTON,
PriTiOCIAN 6 8131tGEON. tender" his service" to
the citizen' of Omni Bend and vicinity. Office at ids
"4.ldence:appesite Barnum House, G•t Bend village_
.Bept.
LAW OFFICE.
CHAMBERLIN & 11cCOLLITII. Attnninp , and Conn
nellora 44.1AM.„OlIdceln'tne Brick Block nycz th
Bane '" ' [Montrone Ant:4.lßO.
o■aRURLII
A„,& D. R. LATHROP,
DEALERS in Dry Goods. Groceries.
crockery and gialwarare:table and pocket cutlery.
Nino , . CM.. dye Muffs. Bats. boots and ohne., noir
leather. pernlincry Ate. Beek Mock. adjoining the
It Montrose. AtiVast ISM.— If
A. Lamar., - D. B. LAz.nstor.
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY A. LAW. Bounty. Back Pay. Pension
and Ric,: r.n Malmo , attended to. 01Tee tl
ror helow Boyers Store. Montrnee.N. (An. I.
♦V t WATSON,
A TTOTINSY AT CAW, lanntravo, Pa. Mike *ink L
F. Fitch. Nontrare, Aag. 1.1869.
M. C. 14 UTTON,
Auttioneer, and Insurance Agent,
sal Or Frlendvillle. Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
.A.la.ceicivx2.ear.
Great Bend. Pa.
vr. S.
• angl 441 f
AMI ELY,
17. EL .A.l.aciticoaac•cor.
Agie. 1. 1e419. Athlpe... Brooklyn, Pa
JOHN GROVES,
Montnwe. Pa. littop over
Pttandler'• Store. AP orders filled In ant-rate
mg short notice. and warranted to fit,
W. W. SMITH,
C ,111.41 i- AND ellAlll DIANUI AC:TX:MRS.—PG co
...of Maln rtrrrt, Muntrom, Pa. lath. 1. 11343.
U. SITRUITT,
DEALPAin Stapir aad Fancy Dry (rood*, Crockery
Ardsar., (roil, Stove", Dra go, 011o„aod Paint.
1414cr. Hat! a Cape. Rain.. Buffalo itotwo
Groceries. Provisions. Near )(Word. Pa.
DU. b. P. DINES,
Ilea permanently located 1.1. Friendsettlefoa the pnr
pose a(prtettelna medicine and unwary In all It.
branches. He may be Sound at time - Jackson House.
Oelor boar• tram ea. an.. to S. p. m.
Priendstille, Pa., Ann. I. ItaM.
eirritovio dc BROWN,
FMIS • — Atilt I.ll+B tTFJ 41ANCIt ACL.:NTS. Ar
ppplile•r *flooded to protapily, oo talr term*. Ottlee
Illttt /loot ! I nd]) of • Montrose Ilotel," west side.,
Public 7teenue: Montrose. Pa. [Aug. LISGII.
tlatmaits_Atitopo. CoAnt.ge L
'SOH* : sat, ■ rEns, '
RESpECTFULLY announcer that he tr n.ta
sired 'to eat all kind, or Garmemr Ye the rm.
fashionable Style, warranted to dt with &crane.
ad • a. Shop over the Post Otttee. Unatrose, Pa
Witt. D. LUSK,
A9•rowsEy AT LAW, N••ottroe. 1•a. WlSee oppo
'kite the Tarbell flume. Dear the Court Haase;
itiki 1869.—tf
DR.-W. W.
DOVES?. , & mini OVrf 'Boyd & eon, Pig ilara.
~e , ,S tore. (Mice boors rrma 9s. tit. to 4p. n•
Nontzoite. Aug. 1. ItP:2.-4f
•
ADEL TUUUELL,
Ditt*t limo, Patent Medicines , Chezaki.
L viers. Painta,l.llll,lly , , toffs. Varnishes, ,
Claw; Groceries. Glees Ware, Wall and Window R.
per*Bassumwara, Lamps. lierorene. Idachlnery
a roues , . Gnna, Ammunition, Knives. epectselts ,
Brnalles, Raney Goods, Jeacice. Peen • . r.—
twins .one alba 6lOOl numerous, itenslve., and
I.9lifflt , coverurrffirorGandittr - aturoMeturfitOrr s h: -- "
Established ,
4 .. paontrose,
D. W. sE,AnLE,. . 1 , , ,
ATTWILNET AT LAW. office tars the Starr of I.
Wham, in the Brick Block. Itioatioee. Pa (sere
W. L. IIIcHAIIDSON,
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PHYSICIAN d sURGEON. ganders hi. protevaloast
nen/tont to the clar.ena of Montrose and rleinity.—
Office at hlaresideace, on the corner neat or Sayre a
Bros. Foundry. [Aug. 1. In 9.
DU. E. E. GARDNEIB,
PIITSICIAId sod OtiMialeON. Montrose. Pa. Glee.
taped& attention to diseases of the Bears one
Lungs aad all Sandal diseases., ° Mee over W. D.
Maims Boards at tienries Hotel. Lang. 1. Ifee
IiERNS do:lncnout,
DE: t 4 .R 9 in Drags. Medicines. Chemical.. Dye.
a: .6s, Paints. Oils, Varnish. Liquor., Spices, Fang!
ar @Ales, Patent Medicines. Perron:my and Tolle, Ar
tines. firPreserlptions carefully compounded.—
Penile Avenue. above Beatles Hotel. Montrose. P.
e. n. Dumas, Axes Mounds.
Aing. 1, 1869.
IPIL .
• L. HANDRICK,
rirrstermi b fiVROCON. Tcapectrally tenders , hi
photeielirnaj serefeee 'to the citizen of Frteniteeille
I.lErr ) ffiee lathe office of Dr,'Lee .
J. Rel.lord . •
Aog.1„,1181V.
PROF. , MORIIII4,
The Hayti Barber. returns blelhanke tot the land hat.
zonate that has enabl-11 htm to get the beet rent—hs I
t time toted the whole *tore. betesitne
and seeder vcrankeves orat the Old Stand. No loud
/140 11 K4 nre4I S the • • EAPTia,I24IS7M
D-- -her
..22 1S T RY.
"AN mow in Want of fslee Teeth or other dental work
stidahtilaltat the race of the subscribers, who are pre'
pared_ ,ho do/all kinds of work IA their line on short mtim.
Parientat WM:endow 'paid to making null and partial
setbrof teeth' on gold..ellrer, maintain= plate' sign op
Weatan's east eomposition ; the two latter preferable to
any of th*limper retbalanem now need fordental platen.
Teeth orynougpersons regulated. and made togrow
natural shape.
The advantage of having work done by permanently to
eared and responsible parties. to c ulb an e a d pparent to all.
turf l 4l l == re , o BoYddl PO's=
_ W. SK/TII 1189Tflilt.
* * time ' AIM it -.1101.,-U
GOLD" JEWELIZY... .
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A. New and lame eapnl7. •
Montrose. Nov. 14, IBM ARM TinMii.
rott's Sprott.
The Approach of Age.
of 301/2f a ILISTAXT,
Gone are the Mends my boyhood knew,
Gone threescore years since childhood's morn
A lonely stalk I stand, where grew
And proudly waved the Bummer corn
Scanning the record am,. years,
How blank, how meagre seems the page ;
How small the sum of good appears
Wrought by these hands from youth to age.
Yet, 'rnidst-tbe tons and carcsof life,
I've tried to keep a cheerful bean ;
To curb my fiercer pastkuls' suite,
And as a man to act my part
And I repine not at my lot,
Glad to live In times like these.
When mystic cords of human thought
Bind realm to realm across the scent
When this dear land, Time's latest birth,
Strikes every chain from human hands,
And 'midst the nations of the earth
The greatest, [feast, noblest stands
When progress In material things
I.ende upward immaterial mind,
And into nearerprospeet Wings
The perfect life of all mankind.
Kindly, as yet: life's autumn son
Gilds the green precincts of my home ;
Softly though fast the moments run,
And fleeting seasons go and come.
Yet nearer. moans the wintry blast,
The chilling wind of Age that blows,
Through darkening skim with cloud o'ercast,
With blinding sleet and drifting snows.
Ho I gleaner on life's wintry lea,
I hear thy steps 'mid rustling leaves,
Aud soon this withered stalk will be
Close garnered with the autumn sheaves.
And then will Be, beneath whose eye
Each act of wrong and right appears,
Aught of untarnished grain descry
Among the husks of wasted years ?
Haply these mustering clouds that lower
On the low ,sky in seeming wrath
May vanislyand life's sunset hour
Shed a calm radiance o'er my path.
Then may the clear horizon bring
Those glorious summits to the eye,
Where, flanked by Scids of endless Spring,
The Cities of tije Blessed lie.
What's the Use I
What's the use of trimming • tamp,
te,vu never Intenn to light It ?
What's the use of grapp'ing a wrong,
If you never intend to right it
What is the use of removing your hat,
If you do not intend to tarry
What Is the use of wooing a maid
If you do not intend to marry 11
What Is the of buying a coat,
If you do not intend to wear It /
What is the use of a borne for two,
If you do not intend to share it ?
AUIEIITEIL
—A " picked nine'—thc Muse&
—An absent man is called a rogue.
—The sweetest of strains—trying to lift
a pretty girl on a horse.
7-Why does the sun set ? "To hatch
out atiotler day."
-11'hr are elections like tents? Be
cause the canvass ends at the poles.
—Better have a lump on your back
than in the character.
—Results of silver stock. The dream
is o'er, nevermineil."
—The conundrum of the period—who
goes to England.
—Joseph E. Davis, .a brother of Jeffer
son Davis. died recently at Vicksburg,
aged 87.
—Queen Victoria was alarmed to find
•• W. R." upon one of her park witea; on
inquiry it was found to mean Wictoria
Rex
—An old, bachelor says ships are called
" she" because they always keep a moron
the lookout. •
—Finding that his (letter halves will
have their own whey, Brigham Young
has engaged a Swiss cheese-maker.
—The latest literary is, " Was Edgar A.
Poe mud ? Aye, Raven mad.
The-gas of Paris being cut off, Vic
tor Hugo has contracted to supply the
city.
—The heaviest fighting has been done
by the Bavarians. They average two
hundred pounds weight.,
—The frogs in rural New York have
worn the skin off their noses diving in
search of water in what were once ponds.
A dry joke. - ,
—Milton was asked whether be would
instruct the' daughters of a neighbor in
the languag4s? "No," he replied, "one
tongue is enough fora woman."
—Somebody having said to Jerrold, "1
have just had some caste tail simp," , the
wit replied, " Well extremes du malt ai
times."
—Plugged watermellons, with tartar
emetic iu them, are distressing the youth
of Michigan without Measure ; there is
not half so much fun stealing them as
the other kind.
A couple of fellows who were pretty
well soaked,with whisky got into thegnt
ter. After floundering about for a few
minutes one of them said " Jim,_ let u s
gu to another house, this hotel leaks.'
" Sir," said the 'astonished landlady to
a traveler who had Ilitst sent his cup for
ward for th seventh time, °you must be
very fond or *deer - "Yea, median," he
replied; "'F U 2, r should never have
drank aoltittehliater *get a little."
MONTROSE, WEDNESDAY, OCT
pioctitautouo.
REIMERS OF TRAVEL.
A New View of To Semite Valley.
A lady contributor to the October Gal
axy, who has been to Yo Semite, differs
considerably from all other travelers in
her estimate of it. She thinks it "does
not pay " to go there:
"What do you see ? Tall rocks, a few
tall trees, a high and narrow waterfall, a
pretty little river! No more. A lovely
natural scene, I grunt you ; but oh!
where iu this beautiful land of ours are
not lovely natural scenes the rule?
Words cannot tell the feelings of cold des
pair which comes over me and all our
arty as we looked about us. Was it for
.--- - - - -
this we had so suffered? In truth, and
very truth, it does not pay.
" We never rallied from that first im
pression.
"But that stone wall is ❑early a mile
" It may be so, but it does not look it;
and if it dad, the stars are higher, and.
thank God, the stars shine at home!
"That waterfall is eleven times higher
than Niagara.
" Indeed it looks like a fireman's hose
playing over the top of Stewart's store.
" And then • we learn to oar dismay,
that, to see anything more than this in
the Valley, we have got to mount the un
happy brutes again, and, with Ferguson
tugging at our heels at an exorbitant price
daily, make trips as dangerous and as per
ilous, as rocky and as unpleasant in every
way as that with which so much difficulty
we have just now accomplished! In Gar
house there is neither amusement nor
comfort. We are dirty, sick, sore, and
miserable, and at night. as we creep heart
sick to bed, we can think of nothing but—
the Yo Semite Fall, the Bridal Veil, El
Capimn, the Cathedral Rocks? No ! Of
the weary distance which lies between us
and civilization.
" But we try to make the hest of it,
once there. • Let's say it does pay,' says
the jolly Tapley of our party. • Yes, let's
sit on the banks of this lovely river.' We
do so. A companionable but not welcome
watersnake does also, and we leave him
ii possession. Try again. There is an
Indian camp besides Hutchings'. 1t
nuke roman tic from this point. Lett us
et nearer. A vile stench arrests us.—
These filthy wretches found a dead horse
yesterday, and are now eating some of its
carcass. There is one of the poor brute's I
legs. with mud-begrimmed hoof still I
hanging to it. Its entrails and other I
parts are strung out in the sun to dry for!
future eating; the black blood drips to!
the ground as a dog gnaws them greedily,
!until drivel off ly,,,anlianis worn,49.whk
will not do to approach these people too
closely; they are covered with vermin.—
Their copper skins are black us soot in
spots; this is called dirt, pure and sirriple. I
They are clad in the discarded tatter; of I
civilization ; and how tattered the dis
carded garment of the, Sierra Nevada
mountaineer is no one can know who has
not seen them. The consequence is that
the sight of these people so near a pleas- ;
are resort is an offense to decency. Ind
ian
men bill under the trees playing cards
fur silver coin. They glare at os as we I
approach. It is easy to see that these
people (although Pergusou assured us I
they were 'tame') would have no human
itarian scruples about waging a war of I
extermination against the whites if they
had but the power.
" While the men play cards and loaf '
tinder the shade of trees, the women sit I
in the broiling sun and grind acorns,
beating them between heaNy stones into
the finest powder. The acorns ground to
meal furnish the only food the poor crea-
LUreSCEM rely on during the winter; and
to gather them and dispute their posses
sion with the hogs is the work of the Ind
ian women. That is, it is one part of
their work, for that all work is done by I
Indian women is an old story. :Ylati
hood, oblige!
"By another day, some of us are well
enough to mount again and begin our
search for beauty. We find an occasional
rattlesnake, unlimited fatigue, and the
tombstone of a man who was kicked to
death by his horse.' The trips are vet-)
wearying, and the scenery is very grand,
and very beautiful; but we are in no,
condition to enjoy it. We never get in
such condition, and the universal verdict
with us is that if every one of the water
lulls in Yu Semite were magnific.bt, eve
ry one of its granite domes were an Olym•
pus, if its rivers were the Rhine, and its
valley the fairy gardens of Versailles, the
sight of it would not repay one for the
suffering involved in getting to it- And
the plain truth is that nine ont of ten
who visit Yo Semite think this, but they
will not say what they think. Some peo
ple, it is true, never have au opinion of
their own, but parrotlike repeat the re
frain which has been set them to sing.—
You remember in the pages of Most Glo
rious Twain the ugly little girl they saw
in the Holy Land, and frank Mark's as
tonisbtnent at everybody's bawling out in
chorus, ' What Madonna-like beauty!'
He knew there was an explanation. He
afterwards' found the key-note- It was
struck in Grimes's (Dead) Book on the
Holy Land. So with the Yo Semite.
felt awed I—the spirit land— losing your
own identity.
"0 traveled monkey! Dare 'to tell the
truth, why do you not ? Because you are
afraid some other traveled monkey will
say you `can't appreciate' the scenery
which it makes your head ache lo took at,
and your bones ache to get at. Becabse
you are a coward, or because you know
von have made an idiot of yourself, and
- dung away your money by handfuls, , and
endured the tortures ofpnrgatoyr; and
you are ashamed to confess yourself so
easily taken 'in and done for—man of the
world that you are, But lam Only Iva?
man and I Confess 11L •
—"I can tell you how to Save that
home," said'a darkey to a man who was
l69kipg very earnestly at the skeleton of a
horse attached to a vehicleheavily loaded
with oysters : "Well? any on r Why.
just slip him away ,while the crows are at
1006 V
A Short Sermon.
[Not by a Hanl•abell Baptist.]
Theres nine men a standing at the
dore, an' they all lied they'd lake shugar
ther'n. Sidi, friends and brithering, was
the talk in a witnily CMS, won't common
in this our ainshunt land; but the dais
is gone by, and the sans run dry, and no
man can say to his nahnr, Hon art thou,
man, and will you take euny;more shug
ar in „your kaughey ? But the wurds our
tex has a. difrunt and more partiekler
nutenin' than this. Thar they stood at
the dore, en a cold winter's mornin' two
liaptiss and two Methodiss and five Luth
awaits, and the tether one was a pubhkin
And they all with one vois sed they
wouldn't ditty their feet in adram
1 but if the publikin would go and tit the
drinks, theten pay for 'em. And they all
cried out, and every man sod, "I'll take
mine with shugar--for it won't feel good
to drink the stoat without sweeteiiiii.-
tio the publikin be marched in, and the
barkeeper said, "What want ye ?" and he
answered and sill: "A drink." "How
will ye have it ?' "Plane and strafe," says
he; -for it ain't no use wastin' shugar to
cirenmealivate akalort is. But there's
rine more a standin' at the dore, and they
all wed they'd take shugar in their'n."
Friends and brethering,, ain,t_ottlY„ 111
likker or sperrits the is drunk in this
roundabout and underhanded waY, but
it's the likk,r of all sorts of human wick
edness in like manner. Thar's the lik
ker of mallts, that menn v of you drinks
to the dregs ; bit yore shore to sweeten
it with the shugar of self-justification.
Thar the likker of uvriss that sum keeps
behind the curtain fur constant use, but
they always has it well mixt with)! the
sweetin tar prodens and ckonimy. Thar's
the likker of self luv that sum men drinks
by the gallon, but they always puts in lots
of the shugar of take-keer-of No, 1. And
thar's the likker of extorshnn,
which the man sweetens aecordin' to cir
k tin:stances. the flour line, he'll
say the porc'll to better off eating corn
bread; if he's lathe cloth line, ivy a
good thing to Ism 'em to make their
cloth At home ; fhe in is the 'ether line,
it'll larm them the necessity of taken .
better keer of shoes. And there's nine
ni. n at tits door, and they all sod they'd
take shugar it: their'n. But, friends and
br•thering, thugs a time comin' and place
tixin' whir thar'll be no "standin' at the
don,' to cull for -shugrr in their'n." But
they'll have to go rite in and take the
drink sunare np to the front ; and the
burkeeper'll be old Satan. and . nobody
else ; and he'll give'em "shugar in their'n,"
vati'd better believe, and it'll be shugar to
led, and red hot. at that, as shim a 9 your
names Conshunce Dodger. And you'l.
be entitled to your rations three timer a
don ciatetitryeAr ii•wro , eNNPrin gle ,y;
so may the the Old Nick closedownup on
all v.•nr silk palavering around the plane
old pool,. of brotherly Inv and ginirosity
and fellerlfeeliii . and fare platy! Amen.-
OJ/tut:bus (.11i..5.) Democrat.
Question% Answered by firelence.
Why is ruin water soft ? because it is
not impregnated with earth and miner
als.
Why isiit more easy to wash with soft
water than hard? BecatiSe Bra water
unites fret:ly with soap, and dissolves it
instead of dewmpusing it, as hard water
does.
Woy do wood ashea make hard water
soft ? Ist, Because the carbonic acid of
wood aslie.s combines with the sulphate of
lime in the hard water and converts it
inio chalk. 2d. Wood ashes converts some
of the stable salts of water into ,
and throws them down as a sedi
ment, by which the water remains mure
pore.
Why has rain water such an unpleas
ant smell' when it is collected in a rain
tub or tank ? Because it is impregnated
with decomposed organic matters.
Why dues water melt salt ? Because the
very minute particles of water insinuate
themselves into the pores of the salt by
capillary attraction and force the crystals
apart from each other.
How dies blowing hot f iodsmakethem
cool? It caws the alr which has been
heated by the food to change rapidly,and
give place to fresh, cool air.
Wny du ladies Nu themselves in hot
weather? That the fresh pal-tides of air
may be brought in contact with their
face by the action of air absorbs sonic
heat from the skin, this constant change
makes them cool.
Does a fail cool the air? No; it makes
the air ['Otter by imparting to it the heat
of our faCe, but cools our facts by trans
ferring its heat to the air.
Z-* — Jodge K—, of North Carolina,
is a great stickler for forms. One day'a
soldier, who had been haltered considera
bly, in the war, was brought in as a 'wit:
Bess. The Judge told•hitn to hold up his
right. hand.
"N a l do it, sir," said the man.
"Why n t ?"
" Got shot in that arm. sir."
"Then hold up your h-ft."
The man said that he had got shot in
that arm too.
"Theo,' said the Judge sternly, "lon
must hold up your leg. No man -ever can
he swum, sir, in this court, ny law, unless
he holds up something."
E==
speAker at a juvenile picnic is
said to have delivered an address of whieh
the followin g ; is a sample: "You ought to,
be very kinto your little sisters.
,jr O iler
saw a bad• boy who struck his sister a
blow over the eye. Althtingli she didn't
fade and die in the slimmer time, when
the June roses were blowing,''with metier
words of .kindness on, her pallid lipsishe
rose up und , hit him .over the head with.a
rolling:pin. so that , . he couldn't go. to
school for over a month,- on •account iof
not buing.able to put on his hat." ,
--.--o
Fido htindiel dollars, conseiPtice
money, were received by the President
yesterday from u'l.oois•villian.
-- A postal convention bus' l:leen' con-(
chided iheiWeeto the United States and
New Zealand.
19 + 1870.
Picked Up.
We picked up a letter in the street the
Other evening, of which the following is a
copy, excepting the names. The owner
can.have the original by calling at ourof
fice;
Dear Sialar:—l now take my seat and
set down to take this' opportunity to in
form you that I am "Daddy," that is, I
suppose I am, for Abbie has got a nice,
fat baby, and we hope these few lines will
find you enjoying the same great blessing.
Now this is to be strictly a business letter.
Firstly, as I said before, Abbie has got as
nice a baby us ever made up faces. Next
ly I have swapped away old Buckskin,
and think I havezot is pretty nice horse ;
it is a girl and weighs nine pounds (I
mean the baby,) and is just as fat us but
ter, and has got a good strong pair of
lungs: she is rea and got a bobtail (tluo
horse_ I mean,) and a white stripe in her
face, and is u. good driver ; she has gut
blue eyes and a dimple in her chin, (I
mean the baby now,) and just the pret
tiest mouth that was ever (of course,) and
judging from her teeth, I should think
she was about six years old (I mean, the
horse now.;) she is sound, smooth and
kind (I mean the horse or baby either
now.) and the doctor says she is the fair
est he ever saw, Without any exception
(be means the baby.) I got 25 dollars to
boot (not on the baby, though, for the
boot was on the other foot, and, two or
three sizes larger, as near its I can find
out,) I =going to harness the horse now,
and go after mother; she was born last
night 2otninute-s past nine (I hope you
don't think I mean mother or the horse,'
mean the baby.) She is as hearty as a pig,
ate an egg, a biscuit, and drank three
cups of tea for dinner, (I mean Abbie.)
She is getting along nicely, and if she
don't have 3my bad luck she will get along.
fustrate. bhe is rather wind:" and the)
say that is a sign of colic (I mean the ba
liv.) I hope it is. for the nurse sass Col
iCv babies never die. She talkcs about her
dOze (nose,) as she takes snuff (the cuss
mean bow)
Th,:p., I've heen reading this ovvr, and
I see plainly that I ain't tit to write. The
amount of it is. I am flustrated; I ani
daddy, and that acconnts for it, so yon
must excuse me this time.
Yours, SAIL DA DDY.
Nothing Like Grammar
Nothing like grammar! Better go with
out a eilw than go without that. Thene
are numberless "professors" who 7n tramp,
trump, tramp, my buys!" around the
country, peddling a weak article, by which
'•in twenty days" they guarantee to seta
man:thuroughly up in the English lang
uage. An instance in point comes from
Greenville. Alabama, where a "profespr"
had labored with the youtlAce" on gram-
Filar . atdutrtrik'tei'".VlO . ril 8S system. Dar
ing one of the lectures the sentence,
-Mary milks the vow," was risen out to
be parsed Each word had been parsed
save one, which fell to Bob L, rt sixteen
year-old. near the foot of the cla-ls, who
commenced thus : "Cow is a noun. fem
inine gender, singulat number, third per
son. and stands for Mary."
"Stands for Mary! said the excited
professor. "How do you make that out?"
"Because." answered the noble pupil,
"if the cow didn't stand . f or, Mary, how
could'Mary milk her r•
Bismarck Pipes for Peace.
ti DON, October 10.—Your corres
pondent at Boulogne sends, a formal
statement by Count von Bismarck in re
lation to the Dusseldorf plan fur the re
storation of the Emperor Napoleon. He
solemnly prot&'st' he never sanctoned any
such proposition. He says it is too evi
dent the war muscgo on, and holds the
men now in power in Frunoq responsible
for the awful consequences which must
ensue if the siege of Paris is to be pro
tracted until starvation compels a capitu
lation. The Prussians will not then be
able to supply food to two millions of pee
ple in a country ;which will have been
stripped for many days', march around of
all provisions, and thousands must per
ish before relief ean be afforded. Count
von Bismarck also denies officially that
the German troops before Paris are grow
ing tired, mutinous, and anxious for the
end of the war.—,l". Y. World.
—€` Were you in the fight?" said an
officer to ail elderly negro on a steamer
after taking a fort. "Had a little taste of'
it sah." "Stood
, your ground, did you ?"
"No Rah, I runs." "Rin at the first fire.
eh ?" "Yes rah ; would hab run sooner if
I'd known it was eornin . ." "Why. that is
not very creditable to your courage. -
-DA isn't my line sah—cookin's my
profession." "Well, but have von no re
gard for your reputation ?" "Ilepotation's
nuthiu' side of life." "Do you consider
your life worth more than other people?"
"It's worth more to me, sail!"
s'-1-7 — Tion.-.John L. Dawson, a promi
nent Democratic politician and member
of , Collgross, died at his home at "Friend
ship Hill, on the Monongahela, river,
near Crownsville, on the 15th ult., in the
.58th rear of his age. Mr. Dawson was
an able and gifted man. and hie deoease,
at this-junction in our political •atairs, is
particularly unfortunate. He was a, man
of much experience, liberal views and
wise counsel.
Said a Texan to a Carolinian, "what
kind of a country litise.you around barer.
" 011,.a - e have a mighty nice country, all
want is water mid good society. 7• The
Carolinian, was not much.comforted with
the-assurance of, .thoTerati that h—,ll had
the.tairne advantages.
'Mr. HotehkiSii• thought it would
be a good plan to spare. the better half of
bosom the' other nig,ht, se he 'slipped
out of bed, 'on to the roof,".and dropped a
few'bricip down , : the , thimnt4. •' Mrs. H.
didn't 'scare - worth . a' cent, hOt quietly
arose, bolted' the .Bcuttle door, ind again
eoughtiter peaceful • , slombers. , ; The rest
oftthe night/wai
.spefitily. Mr. Hotchkiss
oa the ridgelpOle, Wriikatig his flattering
drape* arodnd hiirWand eoleinulrcliant.
ing : "Thou art so near, and yet so fait"
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VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER,. 42,
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, this
tirite ;le AO: - a 9 d il tarlikb , .. tiftLdAtt ut
can
yen. diall _ever" 34ar
reallyitrietitia4LtsYl•
FlakAiwhite toLtir,u E lko the. tabl e coat Ln que4tiOil, (itch' hild .IWeitrit
friend to pie, for
w titterer; and 'ltad. liieti:AurnOd and " re
pai rea4Eill what, witik:!Vitw - linings ' - and
ttail3l64firMni 65114 S if
t,tie cittri.;,467 ttla , of- thilirg,iniit-lar
nui#l" TOPfainetl, ihr . - Stentrafault
wbs Arptist r akettigAttAlitlindlriitir it
urtirth .Ith ii very dairminal
air indeed, that plainly tpld me her de
en.ion in the ease was final.
The fact of the matter was this: unex
pectedly and l..pportcmciy, I. bud sold one
of my pictures at a fair price, and having
paid in full the arrears—of some house
hold accounts, there still remained in our
hands unexpended. the magnificent sum
of twenty-five dollars, the 'best use to
make of width we were arguing and • de
ciding upon, when the reader is introduc
ed into our snug little sitting-room. Ten
dollars of the amount we both agreed
should go into the savings bank; while the
remaining fifteen dollars, a very considera
ble amount to an artist with a reputation
yet to make, and the best little wife
in the world to support- 7 -Ire were heAk to
use• as We please.
" But, my dear," said I, "you know yOu
want a new hat and Warm winter gloves,
and good thick-soled shoes; so you get.
them now, and I will promise to buy a
new-coat. when I sell another picture."
Mrs. Flakewhite quietly came over to
me, and putting one arm around my
neck, held my Ihee directly in front of
tsvche o ntl
hi fight Ith a firm hold of my ear
in her right hand, giving, it a pull at each
word to be quite sure I was giving atten
tion, and said, in a coaxing tone and
manlier, the like of whinli I never did see
in an v other woman—never—"Johnl
when I say please, you always do what .1
wish—now please buy yourself a new
coat.-
Of course I promised to do as she ask
d I could nut have refused under the
circumstances if she had expressed a wish
t have me purchase "Ct.!) t ral Park fur a
summer residence; and build a . rose and
honeysuckle-covered cottage in the Ram
ble.- This important matter being
brought to a satisfactory ennelnsion, and
having been talking about it fur a. long
time. we went to 'bed.
awoke early nest morning; the ham
mer of our little eight-day clock in the
corner had jnst strtteklire hundred blows
on the twungingipletre citrteW wire in
laYttikfigelvairtecr -L on'itt glass Windt)*
front, resplendent in the earliest mellow
light of a summer sun, was the first tib
ict which greeted my sleepy eye s , as con
sciousness again broke iu upon my short
forgetfulness of trouble in sleep, waking
me to realize that it was time to be up
and doing—that every available instant
of daylight must be coined upon my pal
let—every ray of sunlight, so for as lay
within my power, be stamped upon my
canvas in some recognized form of
tender, the sum total to form the basis or
a - sight draft" upon the public, that, if
duly -honored" when presented, would
furnish my loving, uncomplaining, hard
toiling, cheerful wife with such articles of
necessity as she respired, and add many a
little liixury to our simple needs and
fancies, during the long-stay of winter,
who had already heralded its coming by
sending on his rough night winds to
moan among the tree-tops, to shake, flut
tering down, the rustling brown leaves
that seemed mint:ha eten h,tleath,to
quit the boughs that tfiem, and to
rudely sing and frolic' AMA' our eliim
ney-tops. impudently blowing &Wu Miffs
of smoke into our. very face, as We sat
near our little wood fired the first
chilly evenings of Qctobfr, while -."Jack
Frdst"—win ter's Clown and jester—was
already at his pranks • kiggihg nature's
arm as she daintily painted:Mir *Mow
panes, I thus causing .1 the long, slanting
lines we see zig-zagiug.aoross them a cold,
night, rougjng nose us well as face of old
maid and young, nipping - lharply -at ex:
posed fingers andloes, and heedlessly
ing many a groan frontthose.'nnsheltered
from his meyoiless• fun,i, [That'll do ;for
one sentence!]
Thus mot...timing myself awake, I quiet
ly turned out. of bed, dressed and slipped
out of the room, leaving 3irs-Flakewhife
—poor, tired,'littled d'u , 4 77 -NtMdly sfeep7
mg.
I went down into the" gifting-room for
my shoes, where I had changed. them- the
night previous for my slippers, And whilei
engaged in putting them ou,sotne articles
of female attire on a chair near by at
tracted my attention. First, there lay on'
top Mrs. Flnkewhite's hat 'of brown straw;
it was neatly mended in a dozen places,
the pearl-colored ribbon on it, though but
little soiled, was cruised and pertbrated
with tine holes, and pricked almost to
a pattern, in places ,where ;it ; had been
sewed on in different shapes,;. there were
•no flowers in it, and the strings, from
much tying under herren'rid chin, lustre
: less and 'ropy. I felt :'-tuyeyes moisten
and my sight grow (Emote. I looked at it
held put at ant's lengthy ond.thought how
different it was from„the ,trim bonnet I.
wished to Fee ' cove r that wavy brown
hair, and 'shade:that dear trice ; but "than
I remembered with pride{ and pleasure,
that even in spite of its being last year's
"style and its-other Ahortoomings, many a
kind, admiring glance was directed ,at, ifs
contents as Sirs, Flakewhite,and. I walked
out in the.afternomi, when. it became too
dark to pint, Then there was .th
worn d;msalialf ripped up,-that my wife's
nimkde fingemwere doubtless engsged in.
turnin,„cr.and trimming sons .to. look re
spectably nice: when household matters
took her into, the street,; an 4 lastlyo t ,pOr
of little OUTS! What is there t in - the
irlitiVriing,e of a lady's dresOluklonked'
at when separated from weareried . charins
and fascinates masculine; eyes. as A.' welt!.
shaped little boot or init,erA exews, of
use and marks . of 'wear, RtAly.add t, tenet
to 'the sight, and. 'are, so ta ,
finishing touches - to Viii"f oture,'' nay .
that-in ttlielmstBzace - A6Votatis . belt:tor
MIME
ing to Mn. Flakewhito had been finished'
too mach
I repladed these several articles of he
chair as I found them, and turning with a'
sigh into my studio, soon forgot - my
trouble and found relief in work. Wheth-
er the sight: of the 'objects of my dist'
wife's uncomplaining labor had•merred
my hand to unusual efforts, or whether r
had chanced upon a peculiarly fortunate
moment for work, I cannot say, but.othis
much I know, difficulties of drawing that
had perplexed and hindered me for a
week, vanished under the strokes •of my
happy pencil this morning.
I touched on little patches of color that
astonished and charmed me with their'
excellence ; half-tipts of great delicacy
and difficulty placed thennelves, as -it
were, by some magical power not mybirti,
in just the right place, while deep, 'arong
shuclou - nowea - boldly- from my brush
and increased the effect or all the rest.'
Not long after a hasty breakfast on . my
part, Mts.Flakewli ite came into my studio,
dressed to go out—wearing the same
brown hat ,with the pearl-colored r i bbon,
last year's style, that had affected me• so
unpleasantly,a few hours hefote•rfor
habitual good-by kiss, and I threw into
my greeting of her morn than usual.
heartless/4 from a feeling of self-reproach
of having allowed so much goodness! and,
loveliness to disfigure itself with. such a'
bonnet.
" Good-by, John, dear; lam so .glad:
you are painting so well this morning,"?
said she; "we Shall soon see somebody's,
name, well known in this city, and we
shall be selling all we can paint, and shall ,
have to double and quadruple our prices
and offers of , orders to any amount, and
we shall have. a large, handsome studio,,
with a real north lightyand a window :so
tall we shall hate to go np on a ladder; to
open tr,-ttim we - snaw nave a nice, thmk
over-coat-every winter !! we lite, ant we
shall go into the country every summer
sketching, with our little wife to read to
us while we pia, and we shall grow
great and glod and—and".--and I could'
not listen another instant to., her happy
story, and throwing down pallet and
brushes, my arms closed around her with
a bear like hug, and I stopped her laugh-.
ing, rosy mouth with a .detonating kiss
that eould.hare been heard a block away,
and then, making her look me straight in
the eves,. L carefully whispered, "Mary -..I
please God, you shall be.a true prophet!
and if what you have said ever does come ,
true,
it will be greatly owing to the cheer
ful help of my own dear,. true-heated
wife-."
"John,", said.slie, looking through -the
half-closd door,. "lan going to get. lamb
chops with' sweet potatoes for dinner," ,
and 'listened while she merrily sang her- .
and all of earth I held most dear. .. I
I was working intently and progress
ing finely again with my picture, and felt
a hopeful spirit and muietpeaceof mind,
that had been unknown to me for months
—perhaps it,..was a premonition of good
fortune in store for me—when the same •
gentleman called again who had bought
my last.picture, He said that it had been
much admired since .being framed and
placed in a goodlight at his house, anii ; ,r
was kind .eumigli, to mention the very' •
terms of praise which one of our favorite
artists.had,nuide- use of about, it, whose
name sentthe'blood surging/arid tingling
.oll over Mot with.pleasore; the would like b
a companion picture of,the same
took the liberty of tulrancing me one,,,
hundred dollars towards.the puce, to. ep, .1
sue my commencing- it at once; promised,-
to call -soon ,again, and see how I progTest
ed with :the, ordety and , politely-took hitt '-
leave. After.holod gone II sat..motion-.-.
less for some!minuteetoithink.over. what..
hod passed.between .us; and recover con.i.
trot of my ,senses, bewildered with too
much pleasurt,.. Iliad certainly dreamed
of. such interviws with rinirelnisenii andi
had oftened imagined, race it must be
for some ..of. my artist, friends %limit
pictures were always : in demand; to whom:
such affairs Arere not unusual, brit.beth
dreams 44 ,were now both , .
certainly realised • witness the one hund-;.
red dollar bill die easel shelf, just where.
my purchaserihad laid it.. ,
It was a new„one,-freshly issued from.,
;the Cheniical, and crackled• as I:
'took it.up, und„thouttlx.,l. seemed to /be
looking
,ikt . ta- PrilitPii,fitte: my mind's eye,:
saw nothing ; tbom,but was busy far away,.
with :r nen' hat, a- new alpaca .dress, new
thick Riter4 1 4 1 (101t 4 W-.. , warm. ,gloves, that .c
I Mtenaect,ivouldr bp :a, suprise for Mrs. t•,
Flakewbite.
Hastily pinning a.bit of:paper-on Imy
studio door that stated I should retare.,-1,-,.
rushed qvier iuto the Bowery to a-millinees
store, where Mr&..tilakewlnte and I. Were , ..3
known ; I,totik,the woman: that waited, ;
on me into partiral centldence, and in ,a .
`few minutes suited myself with a hat ,
which was., good, modest. and lady-like,
and in about a, half
.hoar—which had
been thirty minutes, of great enjoyment
to me—was back again in my studio, my
several parcels hidden , where ‘ they mould
he, safe from obseryation, and ,with. a de
r lightfnl antioip4ien. of Mrs. Flakewhito's
.surprise in the morning, again addressed
myself .to work...; ;
During the exerting of this , eventful
day we walked out ,together, and to Mrs.,,,
-Flakewhite'al great satisfaction, after her
,critical esammation,of seams and linings.,
and brdton-toles and pockets, the coat
' was
,decided upon, paid. for, and 'Went
'home. I must here discelite to the;reader
in, stria oontidence---having $ wholesome
dread of ,pulled ears; before my eyerv-i-lhat
several times on ear return home, in. paas.
ing ender, a. 4 bright ,streek ;lamp, I was
made to walk a.little Araitt c that
, Flakewhite mightlagaie , ,e,opy the. ,
;knee of the fltortdadruiriegly,tappreci
ate...kinex-fetrindielegance, • '
,Pleatitngfatigue,,l iretireCibat nigght ;
rather:soonertbau usual, apd.maturedin
quiet m . y . plark,for ; surprising , Mrs. Flake , ,:
white aP...'theh' morrung. , ; ;As 'soon
~
knewmy faithtal partner was truly e_ff-in
the linuLat 4rearas, Latola oat Of bed
.tarinoilier,room, brought out ,my biddenlit
itreasnmend commenced filling , Wge ,
„sized papar box, purchased for. this NMI n
p pAt tbetottoiri;toopticre of gloves and,
tau adoled white bandkerohief,'withfoOl
ored borders, then as many sets oflpbkitt